Enigma's privacy protocol is helping fix blockchains and build a truly decentralized future. Learn more about the project in this short video with Tor Bair.
While the internet has proven to be a great medium for transferring and computing data, this convenience has come at a cost. Personal data that ends up online is anything but private, and is often sold without the individuals consent or benefit. The result is an online environment where true data privacy does not exist.
One potential solution for this issue is blockchain technology.
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies have gained wide attention based on their potential to decentralize and fix the internet.
Before blockchain can achieve this promise, there are a number of critical technical issues that must be addressed.
The blockchain community has become very aware of these issues, which can be simplified to one question: How can we create a scalable network while maintaining the privacy of a blockchain?
The answer is Enigma!
"The enigma protocol is primarily concerned with solving the two major issues for blockchain, which is scalability and mostly privacy. Those are the two issues that are preventing blockchains from achieving global adoption. Scalability because it's difficult to keep a bunch of data on the blockchain. Privacy because if you don't have privacy for the data, you are very limited in what you are able to use with a blockchain. So our protocol solves that issue, allowing people to finally use sensitive data in conjunction with a blockchain by introducing a second layer network for computations."
Blockchain technology shows much promise, with decentralized networks poised to change how finance, identity, and data marketplaces all operate. But its potential is far from being realized.
Current blockchains appear to be a solution for data storage, however most are designed to display all on-chain data publicly. There are many instances where data should be kept privately, for both legal and practical reasons.
Major blockchains are experiencing difficulties that come with rapidly growing demand. More and more strain is being put upon these networks, sometimes slowing them to a crawl.
Enigma has throughly explored the issues unique to data privacy and blockchain adoption and responded by creating a secure, fair, and efficient data marketplace.
"So our CEO Guy Zyskind recognized the issues with data privacy all the way back in 2014 when he was at MIT. This became part of his thesis around decentralizing privacy and how blockchain could be used to protect privacy of data. But he also realized that there were major limitations with blockchain as a technology for doing this. Any data you keep on the blockchain is exposed and if you encrypt that data, as a soon as you give away the key to that data, you've lost control of that data."
Enigma uses "secret contracts",These secret contracts allow nodes to process data, all without compromising the owners secrecy of that information. Through this process, Enigma can solve blockchain's data privacy issues.
"What the Enigma protocol does is allow for data privacy to be preserved by introducting a second layer network where a distributed network of, nodes is performing computations on data, while keeping that data private from the nodes that are doing that computation."
Enigma directly addresses the problem of DataEscape. if an individual wants to sell their data once, then the buyer of the data can resell the purchased data set. The only way to eliminate this problem is to be able to do computations while ensuring the privacy of the data. The Enigma protocol allows for accurate computation while protecting the owners proprietary data sets.
Enigma's goals are already being realized. their first application, Catalyst, is already released and running. Catalyst shows that groundwork is being laid using the Enigma platform, yet this is only the beginning. Catalyst is just one potential application of the Enigma protocol, which is primed to revolutionize how data can be computed without compromising its privacy.
Industry has already realized the potential of blockchain technology. Millions of dollars in research and development are being spent by fortune 500 companies. The only barrier to adoption are the current limitations of blockchain technology.
With Enigma, decentralization meets privacy. This need for secure data computation positions Enigma to be the platform of the future.
"It's really important to us to create a community around this issue privacy for blockchains. People who understand how critical of an issue and help us solve this issue going into 2018 and beyond, so we can see blockchains get global adoption, so we can unlock all the value that blockchain would provide to all these industries."
*Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/enigmacatalyst/
*Telegram- https://t.me/enigmacatalyst
*Twitter- https://twitter.com/EnigmaMPC
*Website- https://Enigma.co

This is the second part of a talk which took place on February 22nd 2017 at the Bloktex Event, hosted at Technology Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/kualalumpur/
Listen to the first part here: https://youtu.be/UlKZ83REIkA
RELATED:
Hard Promises, SoftPromises: Promoting Autonomy instead of Authority - https://youtu.be/UJSdMFPjW8c
Proprietary blockchains and patent trolls - https://youtu.be/Pryy7n1a7UQ
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
Bloktex Videographer: Takeem Videography
Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
OutroGraphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

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Blockchain and Bitcoin explained in five minutes: Blockchain technology will drastically change our lives.
In the coming years, Blockchain, the technology behind crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, will inevitably and radically change the role of traditional trusted parties such as banks, accountants, notaries, and governments. The animated video about Blockchain and Bitcoin that was released today on http://bitcoinproperly.org is the first to specifically address the technology behind Bitcoin: the Blockchain. Within five minutes, it is explained how the essential functions of the “trusted third party” can be automatized through the Blockchain as well as what the implications of this are.
From Bitcoin hype to Blockchain revolution: an internet of trust.
With the arrival of crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, everyone around the world can trade with each other without any involvement from traditional third parties such as banks, notaries, accountants, and governments. Trade is a fundamental pillar of our economy and society, and traditional trusted parties play a crucial role in this.
The technology behind Bitcoin making all this possible – the Blockchain – ensures that the essential functions of the “trusted third party’, are fully automatized through the internet. This way, these functions are as freely available, accessible, and programmable as the internet itself.
The animated video, available in both Dutch and English, explains how this works, also mentioning practical applications. The implications are clear: in the coming years, the role of the traditional trusted parties will inevitably and drastically change, strongly impacting our daily lives.
The creators of this animated video invite its viewers to think about and discuss the fundamental and radical innovations made possible by crypto currencies.
Rutger van Zuidam founder of Dutchchain, organizer of the Dutch Blockchain Hackathon: “The Netherlands have all the assets to become Europe’s Silicon Valley of financial technology. It is possible for the Netherlands to position itself favourably in comparison to the US and UK, who are currently still ahead. The technology behind crypto currencies like Bitcoin plays an essential role in leveraging these opportunities. We hope that the animated video about the technology behind crypto currencies will positively affect this development.”
Lykle de Vries: ”Bitcoin is not the new money for internet,but it is the new internet for money, value and ownership in all forms. Crypto currencies like Bitcoin are the next step in the emancipation of all world citizens, and can help create a new dynamic for democracy, society and economy.”
About the creators
The animated video is a non-profit initiative by designers Patrick Loonstra (www.patrickloonstra.nl) and Sebas van den Brink (sebasvandenbrink.nl) and entrepreneurs Lykle de Vries (ThesisOne.com) and Rutger van Zuidam (DutchChain.com).

Bitcoins are created as a reward for payment processing work in which users offer their computing power to verify and record payments into a public ledger. This activity is called mining and miners are rewarded with transaction fees and newly created bitcoins. Besides being obtained by mining, bitcoins can be exchanged for other currencies, products, and services. Users can send and receive bitcoins for an optional transaction fee.

The Senate is the upper house of Parliament and the House of Commons is the lower house. This does not, however, imply that the Senate is more powerful than the House of Commons, merely that its Members and Officers outrank the Members and Officers of the Commons in the order of precedence for the purposes of protocol. As a matter of practice and custom, the Commons is the dominant chamber. The approval of both chambers is necessary for legislation and, thus, the Senate can reject bills passed by the Commons. Between 1867 and 1987, the Senate rejected fewer than two bills per year, but this has increased in more recent years. Moreover, Members of the Cabinet are responsible solely to the House of Commons. While the Prime Minister and the rest of Cabinet remain in office only while they retain the confidence of the Commons, Senators are not beholden to such control. Although legislation can normally be introduced in either chamber, the majority of government bills originate in the House of Commons with the Senate acting as the chamber of "sober second thought" as it was called by Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister.

Enigma (ENG): Privacy For Every Blockchain

Enigma's privacy protocol is helping fix blockchains and build a truly decentralized future. Learn more about the project in this short video with Tor Bair.
While the internet has proven to be a great medium for transferring and computing data, this convenience has come at a cost. Personal data that ends up online is anything but private, and is often sold without the individuals consent or benefit. The result is an online environment where true data privacy does not exist.
One potential solution for this issue is blockchain technology.
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies have gained wide attention based on their potential to decentralize and fix the internet.
Before blockchain can achieve this promise, there are a number of critical technical issues that must be addressed.
The blockchain community has become very aware of these issues, which can be simplified to one question: How can we create a scalable network while maintaining the privacy of a blockchain?
The answer is Enigma!
"The enigma protocol is primarily concerned with solving the two major issues for blockchain, which is scalability and mostly privacy. Those are the two issues that are preventing blockchains from achieving global adoption. Scalability because it's difficult to keep a bunch of data on the blockchain. Privacy because if you don't have privacy for the data, you are very limited in what you are able to use with a blockchain. So our protocol solves that issue, allowing people to finally use sensitive data in conjunction with a blockchain by introducing a second layer network for computations."
Blockchain technology shows much promise, with decentralized networks poised to change how finance, identity, and data marketplaces all operate. But its potential is far from being realized.
Current blockchains appear to be a solution for data storage, however most are designed to display all on-chain data publicly. There are many instances where data should be kept privately, for both legal and practical reasons.
Major blockchains are experiencing difficulties that come with rapidly growing demand. More and more strain is being put upon these networks, sometimes slowing them to a crawl.
Enigma has throughly explored the issues unique to data privacy and blockchain adoption and responded by creating a secure, fair, and efficient data marketplace.
"So our CEO Guy Zyskind recognized the issues with data privacy all the way back in 2014 when he was at MIT. This became part of his thesis around decentralizing privacy and how blockchain could be used to protect privacy of data. But he also realized that there were major limitations with blockchain as a technology for doing this. Any data you keep on the blockchain is exposed and if you encrypt that data, as a soon as you give away the key to that data, you've lost control of that data."
Enigma uses "secret contracts",These secret contracts allow nodes to process data, all without compromising the owners secrecy of that information. Through this process, Enigma can solve blockchain's data privacy issues.
"What the Enigma protocol does is allow for data privacy to be preserved by introducting a second layer network where a distributed network of, nodes is performing computations on data, while keeping that data private from the nodes that are doing that computation."
Enigma directly addresses the problem of DataEscape. if an individual wants to sell their data once, then the buyer of the data can resell the purchased data set. The only way to eliminate this problem is to be able to do computations while ensuring the privacy of the data. The Enigma protocol allows for accurate computation while protecting the owners proprietary data sets.
Enigma's goals are already being realized. their first application, Catalyst, is already released and running. Catalyst shows that groundwork is being laid using the Enigma platform, yet this is only the beginning. Catalyst is just one potential application of the Enigma protocol, which is primed to revolutionize how data can be computed without compromising its privacy.
Industry has already realized the potential of blockchain technology. Millions of dollars in research and development are being spent by fortune 500 companies. The only barrier to adoption are the current limitations of blockchain technology.
With Enigma, decentralization meets privacy. This need for secure data computation positions Enigma to be the platform of the future.
"It's really important to us to create a community around this issue privacy for blockchains. People who understand how critical of an issue and help us solve this issue going into 2018 and beyond, so we can see blockchains get global adoption, so we can unlock all the value that blockchain would provide to all these industries."
*Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/enigmacatalyst/
*Telegram- https://t.me/enigmacatalyst
*Twitter- https://twitter.com/EnigmaMPC
*Website- https://Enigma.co

Blockchain for Beginners

This is the second part of a talk which took place on February 22nd 2017 at the Bloktex Event, hosted at Technology Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/kualalumpur/
Listen to the first part here: https://youtu.be/UlKZ83REIkA
RELATED:
Hard Promises, SoftPromises: Promoting Autonomy instead of Authority - https://youtu.be/UJSdMFPjW8c
Proprietary blockchains and patent trolls - https://youtu.be/Pryy7n1a7UQ
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
Bloktex Videographer: Takeem Videography
Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
OutroGraphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

World Economic Forum - What is blockchain? (swe/eng subtitles)

The real value of bitcoin and crypto currency technology - The Blockchain explained

The real value of bitcoin and crypto currency technology - The Blockchain explained

The real value of bitcoin and crypto currency technology - The Blockchain explained

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Blockchain and Bitcoin explained in five minutes: Blockchain technology will drastically change our lives.
In the coming years, Blockchain, the technology behind crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, will inevitably and radically change the role of traditional trusted parties such as banks, accountants, notaries, and governments. The animated video about Blockchain and Bitcoin that was released today on http://bitcoinproperly.org is the first to specifically address the technology behind Bitcoin: the Blockchain. Within five minutes, it is explained how the essential functions of the “trusted third party” can be automatized through the Blockchain as well as what the implications of this are.
From Bitcoin hype to Blockchain revolution: an internet of trust.
With the arrival of crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, everyone around the world can trade with each other without any involvement from traditional third parties such as banks, notaries, accountants, and governments. Trade is a fundamental pillar of our economy and society, and traditional trusted parties play a crucial role in this.
The technology behind Bitcoin making all this possible – the Blockchain – ensures that the essential functions of the “trusted third party’, are fully automatized through the internet. This way, these functions are as freely available, accessible, and programmable as the internet itself.
The animated video, available in both Dutch and English, explains how this works, also mentioning practical applications. The implications are clear: in the coming years, the role of the traditional trusted parties will inevitably and drastically change, strongly impacting our daily lives.
The creators of this animated video invite its viewers to think about and discuss the fundamental and radical innovations made possible by crypto currencies.
Rutger van Zuidam founder of Dutchchain, organizer of the Dutch Blockchain Hackathon: “The Netherlands have all the assets to become Europe’s Silicon Valley of financial technology. It is possible for the Netherlands to position itself favourably in comparison to the US and UK, who are currently still ahead. The technology behind crypto currencies like Bitcoin plays an essential role in leveraging these opportunities. We hope that the animated video about the technology behind crypto currencies will positively affect this development.”
Lykle de Vries: ”Bitcoin is not the new money for internet,but it is the new internet for money, value and ownership in all forms. Crypto currencies like Bitcoin are the next step in the emancipation of all world citizens, and can help create a new dynamic for democracy, society and economy.”
About the creators
The animated video is a non-profit initiative by designers Patrick Loonstra (www.patrickloonstra.nl) and Sebas van den Brink (sebasvandenbrink.nl) and entrepreneurs Lykle de Vries (ThesisOne.com) and Rutger van Zuidam (DutchChain.com).

Ontology | Building trust on the blockchain

What do you think about Ontology? Do you think it can serve as a trust layer for identity verification and a variety of other use cases? Feel free to leave a comment below! Thank you all so much for watching the video. If you enjoyed the video, please consider dropping a like and subscribing. Running into some trouble or questions? Feel free to leave them down in the comments below!
Sources |
Website: https://ont.io/
Whitepapers: https://ont.io/developer (Click the globe for ENG)
Team: https://info.ont.io/team/en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OntologyNetwork
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OntologyNetwork/
BlockchainBrad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWwcgpc3P0
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmAKSDxmgr8
Medium: https://medium.com/ontologynetwork
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October 8th 2014, Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
“Study on the use of digital currency”, 11th session
Background on the “Study on the use of digital currency”:
In Canada, the public debate surrounding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is currently being formalized as the official “Study on the use of digital currency”, a consultative exercise conducted at the initiative of the Senate of Canada’s Banking, Trade and Commerce committee.
Although the Senate of Canada exerts less authority than the House of Commons, its standing committees have proven to be an influential source of expertise and opinion. It also enjoys considerable international attention: according to Stuart Hoegner, general counsel at the Bitcoin Alliance, “no other parliamentary body in the world has publicly canvassed the breadth of materials and opinion that this committee has”.

Who Makes the Blockchain? Growing the Blockchain engineer community at NCC 2016

Who Makes the Blockchain? Growing the Blockchain engineer community at NCC 2016

Who Makes the Blockchain? Growing the Blockchain engineer community at NCC 2016

Current and future approaches on nurturing the small, growing community of blockchain developers.
Speech: Tess Rinearson
Speech: JeremyRubin
Panel: Robert Schwentker (moderator), Laolu Osuntokun, Charley Hine
These remarks were part of NCC 2016: “The SocialImpact of Blockchain” on Friday November 4th, 9am-6pm at DG717, 717 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
This full day conference will explore the Social Impact of Blockchain technologies. Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum - these buzzwords are migrating from geek slang to the dictionary as they define an independent architecture for human trust and exchange. Amidst news of discord and hacking, who is responsible for building a reliable distributed ledger? How can the architecture behind crypto-currency benefit the greatest number of earthlings? Friday 4 November at DG717 in San Francisco, we will take a look at how blockchain could evolve to support or supplant our existing social institutions:
For more information about NCC, visit https://www.dglab.com/en/ncc/
Tess Rinearson - Software Engineer, Chain
Tess Rinearson is a software engineer at Chain, where she works on Chain Core, an open source, enterprise-grade blockchain.
Previously, Tess was a full-stack engineer at Medium. At Medium, she helped build the social graph service and other infrastructure.
At age 20, Tess was named one of the “100 Influential Tech Women on Twitter” by Business Insider. She publishes a blog on tech industry and culture that is read by tens of thousands of people.
Tess studied computer science at the University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon University.
Robert Schwentker - Founding President, Blockchain University
Robert Schwentker is a technology executive & educator with a passion for working with developers & entrepreneurs to build prototypes & products. Recently he led technical content for MIT Media Lab Cryptocurrency Bootcamp for university scholars. He has extensive developer relations, programming & systems experience at financial service organizations like PayPal, American Express & Citigroup. In 2014 he co-founded Blockchain University to educate & inspire the first wave of distributed ledger technologists to create ground breaking innovations. Robert currently is advisor to Cisco’s innovation lab, & several blockchain startups.
Jeremy Rubin - co-founder of Tidbit, the MIT Bitcoin Project, and the MIT Digital CurrencyInitiative
Jeremy Rubin graduated from MIT in 2016 with his M.Eng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science under ProfessorRonald L. Rivest and his S.B. in Computer Science and Engineering. He's deeply involved in Bitcoin, having co-founded Tidbit, the MIT Bitcoin Project, the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, and acting as the first program chair of the Scaling Bitcoin conference. He's currently focusing on improving core bitcoin technology. Besides cryptocurrency related topics, his other interests include hardware and manufacturing, functional programming, and longboarding.
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Enigma [ENG] REVIEW - SCALABLE PRIVACY FOR EVERY BLOCKCHAIN.

SCALABLE PRIVACY FOR EVERY BLOCKCHAIN
Our project was created by a team of MIT graduates and researchers, based on the research work laid out in the Enigma whitepaper, which has been downloaded over 100,000 times. The Enigma protocol is a second-layer, off-chain network that aims to solve the two biggest problems for blockchains: scalability and privacy. By enabling secure, decentralized data computation and exchange, Enigma allows blockchains to truly fulfill their powerful promise.
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Blockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money

Blockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money

Blockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money

In this talk "Blockchain vs. Bullshit - Thoughts on the Future of Money," Andreas outlines the necessary criteria that will help you distinguish blockchains from bullshit, and why the goal of developing this technology should not be "banking the unbanked" but rather de-banking all of us.
This keynote talk took place at the Blockchain AfricaConference on March 2nd 2017 at the FocusRooms in Johannesburg, South Africa: http://blockchainafrica.co/speakers/andreas-m-antonopoulos/
TOPICS:
The hype and empty promises around "blockchain" 2:30
Reconsidering info security, research in applied cryptography 4:45
Blockchains vs. databases 7:13
The essence of Bitcoin: revolutionizing trust 8:33
Open blockchains are the only ones that matter 10:24
Censorship resistance and other important characteristics 13:12
Criteria: blockchain or bullshit? 14:05
Fundamentally changing the allocation of trust 15:45
Permissioned "distributed ledgers" are boring & insecure 16:43
HeyWall Street, Anonymous is coming for your keys 21:48
Promising opportunities, solving the unsolvable problems 23:06
The 3 elements to success in this industry 24:50
The necessary steps to mature out of infancy 27:44
QUESTION & ANSWER:
Hot vs. cold wallets - https://youtu.be/Aji_E9sw0AE
The revolution in trust - https://youtu.be/iWfpxB3HZOY
RELATED:
Blockchain for Beginners - https://youtu.be/i9nUMvpT2rM
How to get people to care about security - https://youtu.be/Ji1lS9NMz1E
Welcome to TrustNet - https://youtu.be/Rrj8sjHJthU
Hardware, Software, Trustware - https://youtu.be/Etyjc1JdmFU
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) - https://youtu.be/Q5R8KuxV4A0
What are the most exciting recent developments? - https://youtu.be/bCG5og_LwZY
Trust, promise of value, and intrinsic utility - https://youtu.be/Cxc9ybot9oM
The oxymoron of national blockchains - https://youtu.be/qSIBFBq9tRs
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in a monthly LIVEQ&A with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop
OutroMusic: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

Enigma (ENG): Privacy For Every Blockchain

Enigma's privacy protocol is helping fix blockchains and build a truly decentralized future. Learn more about the project in this short video with Tor Bair.
While the internet has proven to be a great medium for transferring and computing data, this convenience has come at a cost. Personal data that ends up online is anything but private, and is often sold without the individuals consent or benefit. The result is an online environment where true data privacy does not exist.
One potential solution for this issue is blockchain technology.
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies have gained wide attention based on their potential to decentralize and fix the internet.
Before blockchain can achieve this promise, there are a number of critical technical issues that must be addressed.
The blockchai...

https://enigma.co/ - Enigma catalyst revolutionizes data calculations with the invention of Secret contracts - calculations that could be done on datasets without exposing the contents. MIT researcher Guy Zyskind updates us on development on Enigma and Enigma catalyst and the roadmap for 2018.
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Blockchain for Beginners

This is the second part of a talk which took place on February 22nd 2017 at the Bloktex Event, hosted at Technology Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/kualalumpur/
Listen to the first part here: https://youtu.be/UlKZ83REIkA
RELATED:
Hard Promises, SoftPromises: Promoting Autonomy instead of Authority - https://youtu.be/UJSdMFPjW8c
Proprietary blockchains and patent trolls - https://youtu.be/Pryy7n1a7UQ
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of tw...

World Economic Forum - What is blockchain? (swe/eng subtitles)

The real value of bitcoin and crypto currency technology - The Blockchain explained

Donations are welcome at: 1AtFaRrPFiwm2xUYN2C41edGgKPR5AXYDh
Blockchain and Bitcoin explained in five minutes: Blockchain technology will drastically change our lives.
In the coming years, Blockchain, the technology behind crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, will inevitably and radically change the role of traditional trusted parties such as banks, accountants, notaries, and governments. The animated video about Blockchain and Bitcoin that was released today on http://bitcoinproperly.org is the first to specifically address the technology behind Bitcoin: the Blockchain. Within five minutes, it is explained how the essential functions of the “trusted third party” can be automatized through the Blockchain as well as what the implications of this are.
From Bitcoin hype to Blockchain revolut...

Ontology | Building trust on the blockchain

What do you think about Ontology? Do you think it can serve as a trust layer for identity verification and a variety of other use cases? Feel free to leave a comment below! Thank you all so much for watching the video. If you enjoyed the video, please consider dropping a like and subscribing. Running into some trouble or questions? Feel free to leave them down in the comments below!
Sources |
Website: https://ont.io/
Whitepapers: https://ont.io/developer (Click the globe for ENG)
Team: https://info.ont.io/team/en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OntologyNetwork
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OntologyNetwork/
BlockchainBrad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWwcgpc3P0
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmAKSDxmgr8
Medium: https://medium.com/ontologynetwork
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October 8th 2014, Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
“Study on the use of digital currency”, 11th session
Background on the “Study on the use of digital currency”:
In Canada, the public debate surrounding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is currently being formalized as the official “Study on the use of digital currency”, a consultative exercise conducted at the initiative of the Senate of Canada’s Banking, Trade and Commerce committee.
Although the Senate of Canada exerts less authority than the House of Commons, its standing committees have proven to be an influential source of expertise and opinion. It also enjoys considerable international attention: according to Stuart Hoegner, general counsel at the Bitcoin Alliance, “no other parliamentary body in the world has publicly canvass...

published: 09 Oct 2014

Blockchain & The Music Industry: A NEST HQ Documentary

In our latest NEST HQ documentary, we explore the ever-growing world of blockchain, the underlying technology behind Bitcoin and Ethereum, and its potential uses in the arts and entertainment space.
We follow Grammy-winning musician RAC as he releases his latest studio album, 'EGO,' on the Ethereum network, visiting him in his studios in Portland, OR. We then venture to Brooklyn, NY to meet with Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin and Jesse Grushack of UJO Music, a blockchain music distribution start-up.
This documentary was designed to make technical concepts about blockchain easy to understand and accessible for those just getting into the space without sacrificing the necessary technical terms and language.
Full Article: https://nesthq.com/blockchain-and-the-music-industry
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published: 20 Oct 2017

Who Makes the Blockchain? Growing the Blockchain engineer community at NCC 2016

Current and future approaches on nurturing the small, growing community of blockchain developers.
Speech: Tess Rinearson
Speech: JeremyRubin
Panel: Robert Schwentker (moderator), Laolu Osuntokun, Charley Hine
These remarks were part of NCC 2016: “The SocialImpact of Blockchain” on Friday November 4th, 9am-6pm at DG717, 717 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
This full day conference will explore the Social Impact of Blockchain technologies. Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum - these buzzwords are migrating from geek slang to the dictionary as they define an independent architecture for human trust and exchange. Amidst news of discord and hacking, who is responsible for building a reliable distributed ledger? How can the architecture behind crypto-currency benefit the greatest number o...

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Blockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money

In this talk "Blockchain vs. Bullshit - Thoughts on the Future of Money," Andreas outlines the necessary criteria that will help you distinguish blockchains from bullshit, and why the goal of developing this technology should not be "banking the unbanked" but rather de-banking all of us.
This keynote talk took place at the Blockchain AfricaConference on March 2nd 2017 at the FocusRooms in Johannesburg, South Africa: http://blockchainafrica.co/speakers/andreas-m-antonopoulos/
TOPICS:
The hype and empty promises around "blockchain" 2:30
Reconsidering info security, research in applied cryptography 4:45
Blockchains vs. databases 7:13
The essence of Bitcoin: revolutionizing trust 8:33
Open blockchains are the only ones that matter 10:24
Censorship resistance and other important characteris...

Enigma (ENG): Privacy For Every Blockchain

Enigma's privacy protocol is helping fix blockchains and build a truly decentralized future. Learn more about the project in this short video with Tor Bair.
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Enigma's privacy protocol is helping fix blockchains and build a truly decentralized future. Learn more about the project in this short video with Tor Bair.
While the internet has proven to be a great medium for transferring and computing data, this convenience has come at a cost. Personal data that ends up online is anything but private, and is often sold without the individuals consent or benefit. The result is an online environment where true data privacy does not exist.
One potential solution for this issue is blockchain technology.
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies have gained wide attention based on their potential to decentralize and fix the internet.
Before blockchain can achieve this promise, there are a number of critical technical issues that must be addressed.
The blockchain community has become very aware of these issues, which can be simplified to one question: How can we create a scalable network while maintaining the privacy of a blockchain?
The answer is Enigma!
"The enigma protocol is primarily concerned with solving the two major issues for blockchain, which is scalability and mostly privacy. Those are the two issues that are preventing blockchains from achieving global adoption. Scalability because it's difficult to keep a bunch of data on the blockchain. Privacy because if you don't have privacy for the data, you are very limited in what you are able to use with a blockchain. So our protocol solves that issue, allowing people to finally use sensitive data in conjunction with a blockchain by introducing a second layer network for computations."
Blockchain technology shows much promise, with decentralized networks poised to change how finance, identity, and data marketplaces all operate. But its potential is far from being realized.
Current blockchains appear to be a solution for data storage, however most are designed to display all on-chain data publicly. There are many instances where data should be kept privately, for both legal and practical reasons.
Major blockchains are experiencing difficulties that come with rapidly growing demand. More and more strain is being put upon these networks, sometimes slowing them to a crawl.
Enigma has throughly explored the issues unique to data privacy and blockchain adoption and responded by creating a secure, fair, and efficient data marketplace.
"So our CEO Guy Zyskind recognized the issues with data privacy all the way back in 2014 when he was at MIT. This became part of his thesis around decentralizing privacy and how blockchain could be used to protect privacy of data. But he also realized that there were major limitations with blockchain as a technology for doing this. Any data you keep on the blockchain is exposed and if you encrypt that data, as a soon as you give away the key to that data, you've lost control of that data."
Enigma uses "secret contracts",These secret contracts allow nodes to process data, all without compromising the owners secrecy of that information. Through this process, Enigma can solve blockchain's data privacy issues.
"What the Enigma protocol does is allow for data privacy to be preserved by introducting a second layer network where a distributed network of, nodes is performing computations on data, while keeping that data private from the nodes that are doing that computation."
Enigma directly addresses the problem of DataEscape. if an individual wants to sell their data once, then the buyer of the data can resell the purchased data set. The only way to eliminate this problem is to be able to do computations while ensuring the privacy of the data. The Enigma protocol allows for accurate computation while protecting the owners proprietary data sets.
Enigma's goals are already being realized. their first application, Catalyst, is already released and running. Catalyst shows that groundwork is being laid using the Enigma platform, yet this is only the beginning. Catalyst is just one potential application of the Enigma protocol, which is primed to revolutionize how data can be computed without compromising its privacy.
Industry has already realized the potential of blockchain technology. Millions of dollars in research and development are being spent by fortune 500 companies. The only barrier to adoption are the current limitations of blockchain technology.
With Enigma, decentralization meets privacy. This need for secure data computation positions Enigma to be the platform of the future.
"It's really important to us to create a community around this issue privacy for blockchains. People who understand how critical of an issue and help us solve this issue going into 2018 and beyond, so we can see blockchains get global adoption, so we can unlock all the value that blockchain would provide to all these industries."
*Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/enigmacatalyst/
*Telegram- https://t.me/enigmacatalyst
*Twitter- https://twitter.com/EnigmaMPC
*Website- https://Enigma.co

Enigma's privacy protocol is helping fix blockchains and build a truly decentralized future. Learn more about the project in this short video with Tor Bair.
While the internet has proven to be a great medium for transferring and computing data, this convenience has come at a cost. Personal data that ends up online is anything but private, and is often sold without the individuals consent or benefit. The result is an online environment where true data privacy does not exist.
One potential solution for this issue is blockchain technology.
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies have gained wide attention based on their potential to decentralize and fix the internet.
Before blockchain can achieve this promise, there are a number of critical technical issues that must be addressed.
The blockchain community has become very aware of these issues, which can be simplified to one question: How can we create a scalable network while maintaining the privacy of a blockchain?
The answer is Enigma!
"The enigma protocol is primarily concerned with solving the two major issues for blockchain, which is scalability and mostly privacy. Those are the two issues that are preventing blockchains from achieving global adoption. Scalability because it's difficult to keep a bunch of data on the blockchain. Privacy because if you don't have privacy for the data, you are very limited in what you are able to use with a blockchain. So our protocol solves that issue, allowing people to finally use sensitive data in conjunction with a blockchain by introducing a second layer network for computations."
Blockchain technology shows much promise, with decentralized networks poised to change how finance, identity, and data marketplaces all operate. But its potential is far from being realized.
Current blockchains appear to be a solution for data storage, however most are designed to display all on-chain data publicly. There are many instances where data should be kept privately, for both legal and practical reasons.
Major blockchains are experiencing difficulties that come with rapidly growing demand. More and more strain is being put upon these networks, sometimes slowing them to a crawl.
Enigma has throughly explored the issues unique to data privacy and blockchain adoption and responded by creating a secure, fair, and efficient data marketplace.
"So our CEO Guy Zyskind recognized the issues with data privacy all the way back in 2014 when he was at MIT. This became part of his thesis around decentralizing privacy and how blockchain could be used to protect privacy of data. But he also realized that there were major limitations with blockchain as a technology for doing this. Any data you keep on the blockchain is exposed and if you encrypt that data, as a soon as you give away the key to that data, you've lost control of that data."
Enigma uses "secret contracts",These secret contracts allow nodes to process data, all without compromising the owners secrecy of that information. Through this process, Enigma can solve blockchain's data privacy issues.
"What the Enigma protocol does is allow for data privacy to be preserved by introducting a second layer network where a distributed network of, nodes is performing computations on data, while keeping that data private from the nodes that are doing that computation."
Enigma directly addresses the problem of DataEscape. if an individual wants to sell their data once, then the buyer of the data can resell the purchased data set. The only way to eliminate this problem is to be able to do computations while ensuring the privacy of the data. The Enigma protocol allows for accurate computation while protecting the owners proprietary data sets.
Enigma's goals are already being realized. their first application, Catalyst, is already released and running. Catalyst shows that groundwork is being laid using the Enigma platform, yet this is only the beginning. Catalyst is just one potential application of the Enigma protocol, which is primed to revolutionize how data can be computed without compromising its privacy.
Industry has already realized the potential of blockchain technology. Millions of dollars in research and development are being spent by fortune 500 companies. The only barrier to adoption are the current limitations of blockchain technology.
With Enigma, decentralization meets privacy. This need for secure data computation positions Enigma to be the platform of the future.
"It's really important to us to create a community around this issue privacy for blockchains. People who understand how critical of an issue and help us solve this issue going into 2018 and beyond, so we can see blockchains get global adoption, so we can unlock all the value that blockchain would provide to all these industries."
*Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/enigmacatalyst/
*Telegram- https://t.me/enigmacatalyst
*Twitter- https://twitter.com/EnigmaMPC
*Website- https://Enigma.co

This is the second part of a talk which took place on February 22nd 2017 at the Bloktex Event, hosted at Technology Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/kualalumpur/
Listen to the first part here: https://youtu.be/UlKZ83REIkA
RELATED:
Hard Promises, SoftPromises: Promoting Autonomy instead of Authority - https://youtu.be/UJSdMFPjW8c
Proprietary blockchains and patent trolls - https://youtu.be/Pryy7n1a7UQ
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
Bloktex Videographer: Takeem Videography
Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
OutroGraphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

This is the second part of a talk which took place on February 22nd 2017 at the Bloktex Event, hosted at Technology Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/kualalumpur/
Listen to the first part here: https://youtu.be/UlKZ83REIkA
RELATED:
Hard Promises, SoftPromises: Promoting Autonomy instead of Authority - https://youtu.be/UJSdMFPjW8c
Proprietary blockchains and patent trolls - https://youtu.be/Pryy7n1a7UQ
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
Bloktex Videographer: Takeem Videography
Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
OutroGraphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

Donations are welcome at: 1AtFaRrPFiwm2xUYN2C41edGgKPR5AXYDh
Blockchain and Bitcoin explained in five minutes: Blockchain technology will drastically change our lives.
In the coming years, Blockchain, the technology behind crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, will inevitably and radically change the role of traditional trusted parties such as banks, accountants, notaries, and governments. The animated video about Blockchain and Bitcoin that was released today on http://bitcoinproperly.org is the first to specifically address the technology behind Bitcoin: the Blockchain. Within five minutes, it is explained how the essential functions of the “trusted third party” can be automatized through the Blockchain as well as what the implications of this are.
From Bitcoin hype to Blockchain revolution: an internet of trust.
With the arrival of crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, everyone around the world can trade with each other without any involvement from traditional third parties such as banks, notaries, accountants, and governments. Trade is a fundamental pillar of our economy and society, and traditional trusted parties play a crucial role in this.
The technology behind Bitcoin making all this possible – the Blockchain – ensures that the essential functions of the “trusted third party’, are fully automatized through the internet. This way, these functions are as freely available, accessible, and programmable as the internet itself.
The animated video, available in both Dutch and English, explains how this works, also mentioning practical applications. The implications are clear: in the coming years, the role of the traditional trusted parties will inevitably and drastically change, strongly impacting our daily lives.
The creators of this animated video invite its viewers to think about and discuss the fundamental and radical innovations made possible by crypto currencies.
Rutger van Zuidam founder of Dutchchain, organizer of the Dutch Blockchain Hackathon: “The Netherlands have all the assets to become Europe’s Silicon Valley of financial technology. It is possible for the Netherlands to position itself favourably in comparison to the US and UK, who are currently still ahead. The technology behind crypto currencies like Bitcoin plays an essential role in leveraging these opportunities. We hope that the animated video about the technology behind crypto currencies will positively affect this development.”
Lykle de Vries: ”Bitcoin is not the new money for internet,but it is the new internet for money, value and ownership in all forms. Crypto currencies like Bitcoin are the next step in the emancipation of all world citizens, and can help create a new dynamic for democracy, society and economy.”
About the creators
The animated video is a non-profit initiative by designers Patrick Loonstra (www.patrickloonstra.nl) and Sebas van den Brink (sebasvandenbrink.nl) and entrepreneurs Lykle de Vries (ThesisOne.com) and Rutger van Zuidam (DutchChain.com).

Donations are welcome at: 1AtFaRrPFiwm2xUYN2C41edGgKPR5AXYDh
Blockchain and Bitcoin explained in five minutes: Blockchain technology will drastically change our lives.
In the coming years, Blockchain, the technology behind crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, will inevitably and radically change the role of traditional trusted parties such as banks, accountants, notaries, and governments. The animated video about Blockchain and Bitcoin that was released today on http://bitcoinproperly.org is the first to specifically address the technology behind Bitcoin: the Blockchain. Within five minutes, it is explained how the essential functions of the “trusted third party” can be automatized through the Blockchain as well as what the implications of this are.
From Bitcoin hype to Blockchain revolution: an internet of trust.
With the arrival of crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, everyone around the world can trade with each other without any involvement from traditional third parties such as banks, notaries, accountants, and governments. Trade is a fundamental pillar of our economy and society, and traditional trusted parties play a crucial role in this.
The technology behind Bitcoin making all this possible – the Blockchain – ensures that the essential functions of the “trusted third party’, are fully automatized through the internet. This way, these functions are as freely available, accessible, and programmable as the internet itself.
The animated video, available in both Dutch and English, explains how this works, also mentioning practical applications. The implications are clear: in the coming years, the role of the traditional trusted parties will inevitably and drastically change, strongly impacting our daily lives.
The creators of this animated video invite its viewers to think about and discuss the fundamental and radical innovations made possible by crypto currencies.
Rutger van Zuidam founder of Dutchchain, organizer of the Dutch Blockchain Hackathon: “The Netherlands have all the assets to become Europe’s Silicon Valley of financial technology. It is possible for the Netherlands to position itself favourably in comparison to the US and UK, who are currently still ahead. The technology behind crypto currencies like Bitcoin plays an essential role in leveraging these opportunities. We hope that the animated video about the technology behind crypto currencies will positively affect this development.”
Lykle de Vries: ”Bitcoin is not the new money for internet,but it is the new internet for money, value and ownership in all forms. Crypto currencies like Bitcoin are the next step in the emancipation of all world citizens, and can help create a new dynamic for democracy, society and economy.”
About the creators
The animated video is a non-profit initiative by designers Patrick Loonstra (www.patrickloonstra.nl) and Sebas van den Brink (sebasvandenbrink.nl) and entrepreneurs Lykle de Vries (ThesisOne.com) and Rutger van Zuidam (DutchChain.com).

Ontology | Building trust on the blockchain

What do you think about Ontology? Do you think it can serve as a trust layer for identity verification and a variety of other use cases? Feel free to leave a co...

What do you think about Ontology? Do you think it can serve as a trust layer for identity verification and a variety of other use cases? Feel free to leave a comment below! Thank you all so much for watching the video. If you enjoyed the video, please consider dropping a like and subscribing. Running into some trouble or questions? Feel free to leave them down in the comments below!
Sources |
Website: https://ont.io/
Whitepapers: https://ont.io/developer (Click the globe for ENG)
Team: https://info.ont.io/team/en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OntologyNetwork
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OntologyNetwork/
BlockchainBrad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWwcgpc3P0
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmAKSDxmgr8
Medium: https://medium.com/ontologynetwork
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What do you think about Ontology? Do you think it can serve as a trust layer for identity verification and a variety of other use cases? Feel free to leave a comment below! Thank you all so much for watching the video. If you enjoyed the video, please consider dropping a like and subscribing. Running into some trouble or questions? Feel free to leave them down in the comments below!
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Website: https://ont.io/
Whitepapers: https://ont.io/developer (Click the globe for ENG)
Team: https://info.ont.io/team/en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OntologyNetwork
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OntologyNetwork/
BlockchainBrad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWwcgpc3P0
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmAKSDxmgr8
Medium: https://medium.com/ontologynetwork
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Patreon: http://patreon.com/data_dash
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October 8th 2014, Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
“Study on the use of digital currency”, 11th session
Background on the “Study on the use of digital currency”:
In Canada, the public debate surrounding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is currently being formalized as the official “Study on the use of digital currency”, a consultative exercise conducted at the initiative of the Senate of Canada’s Banking, Trade and Commerce committee.
Although the Senate of Canada exerts less authority than the House of Commons, its standing committees have proven to be an influential source of expertise and opinion. It also enjoys considerable international attention: according to Stuart Hoegner, general counsel at the Bitcoin Alliance, “no other parliamentary body in the world has publicly canvassed the breadth of materials and opinion that this committee has”.

October 8th 2014, Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
“Study on the use of digital currency”, 11th session
Background on the “Study on the use of digital currency”:
In Canada, the public debate surrounding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is currently being formalized as the official “Study on the use of digital currency”, a consultative exercise conducted at the initiative of the Senate of Canada’s Banking, Trade and Commerce committee.
Although the Senate of Canada exerts less authority than the House of Commons, its standing committees have proven to be an influential source of expertise and opinion. It also enjoys considerable international attention: according to Stuart Hoegner, general counsel at the Bitcoin Alliance, “no other parliamentary body in the world has publicly canvassed the breadth of materials and opinion that this committee has”.

Current and future approaches on nurturing the small, growing community of blockchain developers.
Speech: Tess Rinearson
Speech: JeremyRubin
Panel: Robert Schwentker (moderator), Laolu Osuntokun, Charley Hine
These remarks were part of NCC 2016: “The SocialImpact of Blockchain” on Friday November 4th, 9am-6pm at DG717, 717 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
This full day conference will explore the Social Impact of Blockchain technologies. Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum - these buzzwords are migrating from geek slang to the dictionary as they define an independent architecture for human trust and exchange. Amidst news of discord and hacking, who is responsible for building a reliable distributed ledger? How can the architecture behind crypto-currency benefit the greatest number of earthlings? Friday 4 November at DG717 in San Francisco, we will take a look at how blockchain could evolve to support or supplant our existing social institutions:
For more information about NCC, visit https://www.dglab.com/en/ncc/
Tess Rinearson - Software Engineer, Chain
Tess Rinearson is a software engineer at Chain, where she works on Chain Core, an open source, enterprise-grade blockchain.
Previously, Tess was a full-stack engineer at Medium. At Medium, she helped build the social graph service and other infrastructure.
At age 20, Tess was named one of the “100 Influential Tech Women on Twitter” by Business Insider. She publishes a blog on tech industry and culture that is read by tens of thousands of people.
Tess studied computer science at the University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon University.
Robert Schwentker - Founding President, Blockchain University
Robert Schwentker is a technology executive & educator with a passion for working with developers & entrepreneurs to build prototypes & products. Recently he led technical content for MIT Media Lab Cryptocurrency Bootcamp for university scholars. He has extensive developer relations, programming & systems experience at financial service organizations like PayPal, American Express & Citigroup. In 2014 he co-founded Blockchain University to educate & inspire the first wave of distributed ledger technologists to create ground breaking innovations. Robert currently is advisor to Cisco’s innovation lab, & several blockchain startups.
Jeremy Rubin - co-founder of Tidbit, the MIT Bitcoin Project, and the MIT Digital CurrencyInitiative
Jeremy Rubin graduated from MIT in 2016 with his M.Eng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science under ProfessorRonald L. Rivest and his S.B. in Computer Science and Engineering. He's deeply involved in Bitcoin, having co-founded Tidbit, the MIT Bitcoin Project, the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, and acting as the first program chair of the Scaling Bitcoin conference. He's currently focusing on improving core bitcoin technology. Besides cryptocurrency related topics, his other interests include hardware and manufacturing, functional programming, and longboarding.
Olaoluwa Osuntokun - Chief Bit Flipper at Lightning
Olaoluwa Osuntokun received his BS, and MS in Computer Science from the University of California Santa Barbara. During his MS, he focused on the field of Applied Cryptography, specifically on designing and building scalable systems for Searchable SymmetricEncryption (SSE). He is an active member of the open-source community surrounding Bitcoin, most actively contributing to btcd: a Bitcoin full-node implementation. Currently, he works full-time at Lightning Labs on building and designing the Lightning Network.

Current and future approaches on nurturing the small, growing community of blockchain developers.
Speech: Tess Rinearson
Speech: JeremyRubin
Panel: Robert Schwentker (moderator), Laolu Osuntokun, Charley Hine
These remarks were part of NCC 2016: “The SocialImpact of Blockchain” on Friday November 4th, 9am-6pm at DG717, 717 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
This full day conference will explore the Social Impact of Blockchain technologies. Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum - these buzzwords are migrating from geek slang to the dictionary as they define an independent architecture for human trust and exchange. Amidst news of discord and hacking, who is responsible for building a reliable distributed ledger? How can the architecture behind crypto-currency benefit the greatest number of earthlings? Friday 4 November at DG717 in San Francisco, we will take a look at how blockchain could evolve to support or supplant our existing social institutions:
For more information about NCC, visit https://www.dglab.com/en/ncc/
Tess Rinearson - Software Engineer, Chain
Tess Rinearson is a software engineer at Chain, where she works on Chain Core, an open source, enterprise-grade blockchain.
Previously, Tess was a full-stack engineer at Medium. At Medium, she helped build the social graph service and other infrastructure.
At age 20, Tess was named one of the “100 Influential Tech Women on Twitter” by Business Insider. She publishes a blog on tech industry and culture that is read by tens of thousands of people.
Tess studied computer science at the University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon University.
Robert Schwentker - Founding President, Blockchain University
Robert Schwentker is a technology executive & educator with a passion for working with developers & entrepreneurs to build prototypes & products. Recently he led technical content for MIT Media Lab Cryptocurrency Bootcamp for university scholars. He has extensive developer relations, programming & systems experience at financial service organizations like PayPal, American Express & Citigroup. In 2014 he co-founded Blockchain University to educate & inspire the first wave of distributed ledger technologists to create ground breaking innovations. Robert currently is advisor to Cisco’s innovation lab, & several blockchain startups.
Jeremy Rubin - co-founder of Tidbit, the MIT Bitcoin Project, and the MIT Digital CurrencyInitiative
Jeremy Rubin graduated from MIT in 2016 with his M.Eng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science under ProfessorRonald L. Rivest and his S.B. in Computer Science and Engineering. He's deeply involved in Bitcoin, having co-founded Tidbit, the MIT Bitcoin Project, the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, and acting as the first program chair of the Scaling Bitcoin conference. He's currently focusing on improving core bitcoin technology. Besides cryptocurrency related topics, his other interests include hardware and manufacturing, functional programming, and longboarding.
Olaoluwa Osuntokun - Chief Bit Flipper at Lightning
Olaoluwa Osuntokun received his BS, and MS in Computer Science from the University of California Santa Barbara. During his MS, he focused on the field of Applied Cryptography, specifically on designing and building scalable systems for Searchable SymmetricEncryption (SSE). He is an active member of the open-source community surrounding Bitcoin, most actively contributing to btcd: a Bitcoin full-node implementation. Currently, he works full-time at Lightning Labs on building and designing the Lightning Network.

Enigma [ENG] REVIEW - SCALABLE PRIVACY FOR EVERY BLOCKCHAIN.

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In this talk "Blockchain vs. Bullshit - Thoughts on the Future of Money," Andreas outlines the necessary criteria that will help you distinguish blockchains from bullshit, and why the goal of developing this technology should not be "banking the unbanked" but rather de-banking all of us.
This keynote talk took place at the Blockchain AfricaConference on March 2nd 2017 at the FocusRooms in Johannesburg, South Africa: http://blockchainafrica.co/speakers/andreas-m-antonopoulos/
TOPICS:
The hype and empty promises around "blockchain" 2:30
Reconsidering info security, research in applied cryptography 4:45
Blockchains vs. databases 7:13
The essence of Bitcoin: revolutionizing trust 8:33
Open blockchains are the only ones that matter 10:24
Censorship resistance and other important characteristics 13:12
Criteria: blockchain or bullshit? 14:05
Fundamentally changing the allocation of trust 15:45
Permissioned "distributed ledgers" are boring & insecure 16:43
HeyWall Street, Anonymous is coming for your keys 21:48
Promising opportunities, solving the unsolvable problems 23:06
The 3 elements to success in this industry 24:50
The necessary steps to mature out of infancy 27:44
QUESTION & ANSWER:
Hot vs. cold wallets - https://youtu.be/Aji_E9sw0AE
The revolution in trust - https://youtu.be/iWfpxB3HZOY
RELATED:
Blockchain for Beginners - https://youtu.be/i9nUMvpT2rM
How to get people to care about security - https://youtu.be/Ji1lS9NMz1E
Welcome to TrustNet - https://youtu.be/Rrj8sjHJthU
Hardware, Software, Trustware - https://youtu.be/Etyjc1JdmFU
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) - https://youtu.be/Q5R8KuxV4A0
What are the most exciting recent developments? - https://youtu.be/bCG5og_LwZY
Trust, promise of value, and intrinsic utility - https://youtu.be/Cxc9ybot9oM
The oxymoron of national blockchains - https://youtu.be/qSIBFBq9tRs
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in a monthly LIVEQ&A with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop
OutroMusic: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

In this talk "Blockchain vs. Bullshit - Thoughts on the Future of Money," Andreas outlines the necessary criteria that will help you distinguish blockchains from bullshit, and why the goal of developing this technology should not be "banking the unbanked" but rather de-banking all of us.
This keynote talk took place at the Blockchain AfricaConference on March 2nd 2017 at the FocusRooms in Johannesburg, South Africa: http://blockchainafrica.co/speakers/andreas-m-antonopoulos/
TOPICS:
The hype and empty promises around "blockchain" 2:30
Reconsidering info security, research in applied cryptography 4:45
Blockchains vs. databases 7:13
The essence of Bitcoin: revolutionizing trust 8:33
Open blockchains are the only ones that matter 10:24
Censorship resistance and other important characteristics 13:12
Criteria: blockchain or bullshit? 14:05
Fundamentally changing the allocation of trust 15:45
Permissioned "distributed ledgers" are boring & insecure 16:43
HeyWall Street, Anonymous is coming for your keys 21:48
Promising opportunities, solving the unsolvable problems 23:06
The 3 elements to success in this industry 24:50
The necessary steps to mature out of infancy 27:44
QUESTION & ANSWER:
Hot vs. cold wallets - https://youtu.be/Aji_E9sw0AE
The revolution in trust - https://youtu.be/iWfpxB3HZOY
RELATED:
Blockchain for Beginners - https://youtu.be/i9nUMvpT2rM
How to get people to care about security - https://youtu.be/Ji1lS9NMz1E
Welcome to TrustNet - https://youtu.be/Rrj8sjHJthU
Hardware, Software, Trustware - https://youtu.be/Etyjc1JdmFU
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) - https://youtu.be/Q5R8KuxV4A0
What are the most exciting recent developments? - https://youtu.be/bCG5og_LwZY
Trust, promise of value, and intrinsic utility - https://youtu.be/Cxc9ybot9oM
The oxymoron of national blockchains - https://youtu.be/qSIBFBq9tRs
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in a monthly LIVEQ&A with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop
OutroMusic: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

Enigma (ENG): Privacy For Every Blockchain

Enigma's privacy protocol is helping fix blockchains and build a truly decentralized future. Learn more about the project in this short video with Tor Bair.
While the internet has proven to be a great medium for transferring and computing data, this convenience has come at a cost. Personal data that ends up online is anything but private, and is often sold without the individuals consent or benefit. The result is an online environment where true data privacy does not exist.
One potential solution for this issue is blockchain technology.
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies have gained wide attention based on their potential to decentralize and fix the internet.
Before blockchain can achieve this promise, there are a number of critical technical issues that must be addressed.
The blockchain community has become very aware of these issues, which can be simplified to one question: How can we create a scalable network while maintaining the privacy of a blockchain?
The answer is Enigma!
"The enigma protocol is primarily concerned with solving the two major issues for blockchain, which is scalability and mostly privacy. Those are the two issues that are preventing blockchains from achieving global adoption. Scalability because it's difficult to keep a bunch of data on the blockchain. Privacy because if you don't have privacy for the data, you are very limited in what you are able to use with a blockchain. So our protocol solves that issue, allowing people to finally use sensitive data in conjunction with a blockchain by introducing a second layer network for computations."
Blockchain technology shows much promise, with decentralized networks poised to change how finance, identity, and data marketplaces all operate. But its potential is far from being realized.
Current blockchains appear to be a solution for data storage, however most are designed to display all on-chain data publicly. There are many instances where data should be kept privately, for both legal and practical reasons.
Major blockchains are experiencing difficulties that come with rapidly growing demand. More and more strain is being put upon these networks, sometimes slowing them to a crawl.
Enigma has throughly explored the issues unique to data privacy and blockchain adoption and responded by creating a secure, fair, and efficient data marketplace.
"So our CEO Guy Zyskind recognized the issues with data privacy all the way back in 2014 when he was at MIT. This became part of his thesis around decentralizing privacy and how blockchain could be used to protect privacy of data. But he also realized that there were major limitations with blockchain as a technology for doing this. Any data you keep on the blockchain is exposed and if you encrypt that data, as a soon as you give away the key to that data, you've lost control of that data."
Enigma uses "secret contracts",These secret contracts allow nodes to process data, all without compromising the owners secrecy of that information. Through this process, Enigma can solve blockchain's data privacy issues.
"What the Enigma protocol does is allow for data privacy to be preserved by introducting a second layer network where a distributed network of, nodes is performing computations on data, while keeping that data private from the nodes that are doing that computation."
Enigma directly addresses the problem of DataEscape. if an individual wants to sell their data once, then the buyer of the data can resell the purchased data set. The only way to eliminate this problem is to be able to do computations while ensuring the privacy of the data. The Enigma protocol allows for accurate computation while protecting the owners proprietary data sets.
Enigma's goals are already being realized. their first application, Catalyst, is already released and running. Catalyst shows that groundwork is being laid using the Enigma platform, yet this is only the beginning. Catalyst is just one potential application of the Enigma protocol, which is primed to revolutionize how data can be computed without compromising its privacy.
Industry has already realized the potential of blockchain technology. Millions of dollars in research and development are being spent by fortune 500 companies. The only barrier to adoption are the current limitations of blockchain technology.
With Enigma, decentralization meets privacy. This need for secure data computation positions Enigma to be the platform of the future.
"It's really important to us to create a community around this issue privacy for blockchains. People who understand how critical of an issue and help us solve this issue going into 2018 and beyond, so we can see blockchains get global adoption, so we can unlock all the value that blockchain would provide to all these industries."
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*Telegram- https://t.me/enigmacatalyst
*Twitter- https://twitter.com/EnigmaMPC
*Website- https://Enigma.co

Blockchain for Beginners

This is the second part of a talk which took place on February 22nd 2017 at the Bloktex Event, hosted at Technology Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/kualalumpur/
Listen to the first part here: https://youtu.be/UlKZ83REIkA
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Hard Promises, SoftPromises: Promoting Autonomy instead of Authority - https://youtu.be/UJSdMFPjW8c
Proprietary blockchains and patent trolls - https://youtu.be/Pryy7n1a7UQ
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
Bloktex Videographer: Takeem Videography
Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
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The real value of bitcoin and crypto currency technology - The Blockchain explained

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Blockchain and Bitcoin explained in five minutes: Blockchain technology will drastically change our lives.
In the coming years, Blockchain, the technology behind crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, will inevitably and radically change the role of traditional trusted parties such as banks, accountants, notaries, and governments. The animated video about Blockchain and Bitcoin that was released today on http://bitcoinproperly.org is the first to specifically address the technology behind Bitcoin: the Blockchain. Within five minutes, it is explained how the essential functions of the “trusted third party” can be automatized through the Blockchain as well as what the implications of this are.
From Bitcoin hype to Blockchain revolution: an internet of trust.
With the arrival of crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, everyone around the world can trade with each other without any involvement from traditional third parties such as banks, notaries, accountants, and governments. Trade is a fundamental pillar of our economy and society, and traditional trusted parties play a crucial role in this.
The technology behind Bitcoin making all this possible – the Blockchain – ensures that the essential functions of the “trusted third party’, are fully automatized through the internet. This way, these functions are as freely available, accessible, and programmable as the internet itself.
The animated video, available in both Dutch and English, explains how this works, also mentioning practical applications. The implications are clear: in the coming years, the role of the traditional trusted parties will inevitably and drastically change, strongly impacting our daily lives.
The creators of this animated video invite its viewers to think about and discuss the fundamental and radical innovations made possible by crypto currencies.
Rutger van Zuidam founder of Dutchchain, organizer of the Dutch Blockchain Hackathon: “The Netherlands have all the assets to become Europe’s Silicon Valley of financial technology. It is possible for the Netherlands to position itself favourably in comparison to the US and UK, who are currently still ahead. The technology behind crypto currencies like Bitcoin plays an essential role in leveraging these opportunities. We hope that the animated video about the technology behind crypto currencies will positively affect this development.”
Lykle de Vries: ”Bitcoin is not the new money for internet,but it is the new internet for money, value and ownership in all forms. Crypto currencies like Bitcoin are the next step in the emancipation of all world citizens, and can help create a new dynamic for democracy, society and economy.”
About the creators
The animated video is a non-profit initiative by designers Patrick Loonstra (www.patrickloonstra.nl) and Sebas van den Brink (sebasvandenbrink.nl) and entrepreneurs Lykle de Vries (ThesisOne.com) and Rutger van Zuidam (DutchChain.com).

Ontology | Building trust on the blockchain

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Whitepapers: https://ont.io/developer (Click the globe for ENG)
Team: https://info.ont.io/team/en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OntologyNetwork
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OntologyNetwork/
BlockchainBrad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWwcgpc3P0
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmAKSDxmgr8
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October 8th 2014, Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
“Study on the use of digital currency”, 11th session
Background on the “Study on the use of digital currency”:
In Canada, the public debate surrounding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is currently being formalized as the official “Study on the use of digital currency”, a consultative exercise conducted at the initiative of the Senate of Canada’s Banking, Trade and Commerce committee.
Although the Senate of Canada exerts less authority than the House of Commons, its standing committees have proven to be an influential source of expertise and opinion. It also enjoys considerable international attention: according to Stuart Hoegner, general counsel at the Bitcoin Alliance, “no other parliamentary body in the world has publicly canvassed the breadth of materials and opinion that this committee has”.

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After a hugely turbulent week where almost all top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap lost around 30% of their value, a slight fillip that could have excellent ramifications for a recovery occurred in the late hours of Sunday ... Tokens in the SegWit chain are referred to as SegWit1X (BTC) and SegWit Gold (SWG) and are no longer Bitcoin ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions. CoinGeek ... ....

There’s a little bit of possible good news for the cryptocurrency community after the most recent drop in trading. Coinbase has inked a deal with Barclays bank out of the UK ... It also operates the GDAX crypto exchange ... Note. Tokens in the SegWit chain are referred to as SegWit1X (BTC) and SegWit Gold (SWG) and are no longer Bitcoin ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions. CoinGeek ... ....

Brick-and-mortar stores will soon have a tool at their disposal to accept Bitcoin Cash payments ... It’s another notch in the belt for the cryptocurrency, and shows its staying power ... Using the device is simple ... Note. Tokens in the SegWit chain are referred to as SegWit1X (BTC) and SegWit Gold (SWG) and are no longer Bitcoin ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions. CoinGeek ... source ... ....

Japanese Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fans now have a wallet specifically made for them. The Yenom wallet, which will be available for beta testing by the end of March, will only support BCH and will have versions for both Android and iOS ...Ltd ...Note. Tokens in the SegWit chain are referred to as SegWit1X (BTC) and SegWit Gold (SWG) and are no longer Bitcoin ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions. ... ....

It was yet another turbulent and largely negative weekend for the vast majority of cryptocurrencies as further selling pressures affected prices all over the board ...Note. Tokens in the SegWit chain are referred to as SegWit1X (BTC) and SegWit Gold (SWG) and are no longer Bitcoin ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions. CoinGeek ... source ... ....

Twitter has recently reported that it will follow Google and Facebook in banning advertisements that promote cryptocurrencies. The trio’s move is designed to stop deceptive crypto scams and protect consumers ...Note. Tokens in the SegWit chain are referred to as SegWit1X (BTC) and SegWit Gold (SWG) and are no longer Bitcoin ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions. CoinGeek ... source ... ....

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Johannesburg - It’s a gold rush that is turning computers into money-making machines, and the owners have no idea it's happening ... Read ... Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are mined by a complicated process that involves transactions that are verified and then added to the public ledger, which is known as the blockchain. Cyptocurrency mining is a process of compiling transactions into blocks and then trying to solve a puzzle ... Saturday Star ....

The “system for credit and digital identity records” would supposedly also include a digital identity system where each individual is registered with a set of identifiers, and can also assign a universal identifier which can be combined with blocks to generate a digital identity for the individual ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions....

The “system for credit and digital identity records” would supposedly also include a digital identity system where each individual is registered with a set of identifiers, and can also assign a universal identifier which can be combined with blocks to generate a digital identity for the individual ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions....

Also speaking at the event are Yours.org co-founder and CEORyan X ... With its bigger blocks, faster speed, and lower transaction fees, Bitcoin BCH represents the truer vision of Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system ... Note. Tokens in the SegWit chain are referred to as SegWit1X (BTC) and SegWit Gold (SWG) and are no longer Bitcoin ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions. CoinGeek....

At first glance the blacklist appeared to be an outright ban although on closer examination, it was not the case ... In a statement, the AMF said ... The registration numbers delivered by the AMF are also available on the website ... Note. Tokens in the SegWit chain are referred to as SegWit1X (BTC) and SegWit Gold (SWG) and are no longer Bitcoin ... Bitcoin BCH is the only public blockchain that offers safe and cheap microtransactions. CoinGeek ... ....